Borough Commanders

Tony Devenish: Please provide a table of all 32 Boroughs and how many different individuals have been the Met Borough Commander in each since May 2016.

The Mayor: The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has combined its previous 32 individual borough commands into 12 Basic Command Units (BCUs) with each under a single BCU Commander.
This transition began in early 2017 with the BCU pathfinders and was completed in early 2019 when the last BCU went live. Consequently all 32 boroughs experienced changes during this transitional period.
In order to make a reasonable comparison across BCU’s, the attached table shows the appointment of the first Commander in each BCU and any changes that have subsequently taken place. Ordinarily the expectation is that BCU Commander postings are for a period of 2-years, though this is not always possible given individual circumstances and operational needs.
Note BCU commanders were typically appointed several months before the formal BCU launch date. This was to allow the leadership to become established and was a key point of learning from the original BCU pathfinders.

MOPAC Capital Receipts

Navin Shah: In December 2017, MOPAC’s budget submission showed capital receipts of £823.9m over five years, from 2017/18 to 2022/23. In March 2019 MOPACs Capital Strategy showed capital receipts of £668.3m over the same 5 year period. What has led to a reduction in expected income of £155.6m?

The Mayor: For clarity, the December 2017 MOPAC budget submission showed capital receipts of £823.9m over the years 2017/18-2021/22, not 2017/18-2022/23.The March 2019 MOPAC Capital Strategy shows capital receipts of £709.0m for the same period 2017/18-2021/22, not £668.3m.
The change in the anticipated capital receipts is a result of annual reviews of the plans for the estate and their timings and is linked to the investment in the “to be retained” estate.
In light of the Prime Minister’s promise of an extra 20,000 police officers across the UK, the MPS and MOPAC are reviewing their estate strategy.The exact impact will depend upon the allocation of the additional officers that the MPS receives and the subsequent operational allocation of that uplift to different types of police services in different locations within the service; both these aspects could impact the exact requirements for the size of the estate.